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Ask an Astronomer!
by Emily Hunt @emily.space Ask astronomers on Bluesky your burning questions by tagging your post with #AskAnAstronomer! Anyone can post here, although only your most recent question from the last 24 hours will show up. Posts made here must follow the rules at https://rules.astronomy.blue
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For science, a nearby supernova. As an observer, definitely a glorious comet. It's been too long #Askanastronomer
David Shepherd @davesheph.bsky.social
#askanastronomer if you had a choice, bright big naked eye comet or daytime visible supernova?
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Having a beer on a very quiet Sunday and have some time to kill. Anyone want to #askanastronomer anything?
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Quiet Sunday afternoon on the sofa with the dog and a pint. Anyone want to #AskAnAstronomer anything?
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On a bus back to Oxford after a great time talking at Wantage Literary Festival. Anyone want to #askanastronomer anything? 🔭
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Travel day today. Perhaps it's time for #askanastronomer? Questions about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, the latest on early galaxies, what's in the sky, or my newly held opinions on baseball very welcome. 🔭
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It's been a very mad week, what with @vrubinobs.bsky.social data and the arrival of 3I/ATLAS, our third interstellar visitor. Now for a long train journey, so let's play #askanastronomer
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Orion Nebula. No contest. It’s gorgeous even in a small telescope. #askanastronomer
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Great #askanastronomer question! Depends where in the track you are, but maximum totality for a given eclipse depends on the Moon’s distance from Earth and (less so) on Earth’s distance from the Sun. If orbits were circular, eclipses would be nearly the same length.
Anthony Cunningham @sqferryman.bsky.social
What determines the duration of totality of a solar eclipse? (I was struck by the difference in length of totality of the 2026 and 2027 eclipses.)
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I’m on a train, it’s Friday night, I have a G&T. Anyone want to play #askanastronomer? 🔭 🧪
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